The Ghana Education Service (GES) has made provision to support online/off-campus teaching and learning for students in transition schools in the 2025/2026 academic calendar for double-track institutions.

The online/off-campus periods have, thus, been captured on the academic calendar, indicating when they are to be held.

"Management has put in place these varied arrangements to ensure that every student gets the opportunity to participate in the online/off-campus teaching and learning through at least one of the avenues.

"The online/off-campus periods are not vacations or breaks; they are counted and considered a mandatory part of teaching and learning," it said in a statement confirming the 2025-2026 academic calendar.

Self-learning

Under the provisions, projects and assignments of students are supported and guided through self-learning by undertaking the projects, tasks and assignments in the approved textbooks and curriculum resources.

The statement, signed by the Head of Public Relations of the GES, Daniel Fenyi, said all the approved textbooks and curriculum resources, for all levels and subjects, were accessible on the site: curriculumresources.edu.gh for free.

Secondly, it said that on television broadcast, lessons shall be broadcast live daily on the Ministry of Education TV (MoE TV), available on Multi TV.

Moreover, it said schools that had and operated learning management systems were urged to fully operationalise them during the online/off-campus periods. Management, it said, would support such schools.

Note

The management of the GES, therefore, urged all heads of schools, teachers, parents and guardians to take careful note of the arrangements, support and supervise students to fully access and participate in the online/off-campus engagements.

Per the academic calendar, which the GES said remained unchanged, first-year students in transitional schools are to participate in the online/off-campus programme from January 5 to January 30, 2026.

They would then go on vacation from January 31, 2026, to March 15, 2026.

The students would then report to school from March 16, 2026, to May 17, 2026.

From May 18, 2026, they would continue with the online/off-campus studies up to June 12, 2026.

Vacation

The students would go on vacation from June 13, 2026, to July 2, 2026, and report back to school on July 3 to September 4, 2026, to end the academic year.

The calendar indicated that the second-year students would be in from January 5, 2026, to March 15, 2026.

They would then undergo online/off-campus studies from March 16, 2026, to May 17, 2026.

They would go on vacation from April 18, 2026, to May 17, 2026, and then report to school from May 18, 2026, to September 4, 2026, to end the academic year.

In the case of Form 3 students, the calendar shows that they would report to school from January 5, 2026, to March 31, 2026.

They would go on Easter break from April 1-8, 2026, and report to school from April 9, 2026, to June 21, 2026, to end the school year.

Single track

For the single-track schools, first and second-year students are to be in school from January 5, 2026, to February 27, 2026, and then break from February 28, 2026, to May 3, 2026.

They would report to school from May 4, 2026, to August 21, 2026, to end the academic year.

In the case of the third-year students, they would also be in school from January 5, 2026, to February 27, 2026.

They would go on break from February 28, 2026, to March 13, 2026.

They would return to school from March 14, 2026, to June 21, 2026, to end the school year.